Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processin...
The local Chamber of Commerce has described the city as the "Seafood Capital of Alabama" for packaging seafood from hundreds of fishing boats. Bayou La Batre was the first permanent settlement on the south Mobi... More
Detail of the historic Adolphus Hotel in downtown Dallas, Texas
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Designed by Thomas P. Barnett of Barnett, Haynes & Barnett of St. Louis and built by the founder of the Anheuser-Busch Company, Adolp... More
Wooden barn and silo near Decatur, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Young Kate Frommert enjoys all the Easter trimmings at the Three Georg...
Founded in 1917 by George Coudopolos, George Sparr, and George Pappas, Three Georges Candy was an immediate hit. By 1922, the company expanded into the Dauphin Street location. Title, date, subject note, and ke... More
Rock Creek Park, NW, Washington, D.C.
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
Talladega Superspeedway Race, Talladega, Alabama
Talladega Superspeedway is a motorsports complex that opened in 1969. The track hosts the NASCAR series. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegge... More
Gillette's estate, East Haddam, Connecticut
Built in 1914, the estate is located on top of a chain of hills known as the Seven Sisters. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection ... More
One of the clerestory stained-glass windows at Our Lady of Guadalupe C...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The mission-revival-style structure, completed in 1927, also features a four- story tower capped by a domed belfry, mission parapets,... More
Scene from the "Battle of Flowers" parade, part of the monthlong Fiest...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First held in 1891 to honor the heroes of the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto, the parade, in which local women decorated carriag... More
The 1916 Italianate-style Villa Laguna Gloria, one of two sites of the...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Part of the State of Texas's official longhorn herd, kept at Fort Grif...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Fort Griffin was once a fort and townsite that served as part of the line of defensive forts from 1867 to 1881. Credit line: The Lyda ... More
Goose Pond Colony Park in Scottsboro, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Coosa River Bridge in Gadsden, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
[Capitol Park showing reconstructed architectural features of the old ...
A little-known fact is that Tuscaloosa was actually the state capitol before Montgomery from 1826 to 1846. This site uses actual bricks and stonework from the original building to outline the ground floor and p... More
A clock that depicts African Americans and Booker T. Washington in a d...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, also known as Anacostia Park, NE,...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
Wisteria covers the front view of this historic home in Selma, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
HillBilly Mall, Tuskegee, Alabama
HillBilly Mall is built with recycled materials: trees from the last big April storm in Notasulga, a used rusty tin from an old demolished house leftover materials gathered from here and there mostly free! Titl... More
Sloss Furnace, Birmingham, Alabama
Colonel James Withers Sloss, a north Alabama merchant and railroad man built Sloss Furnace. Harry Hargreaves, a European-born engineer, was in charge of construction. Sixty feet high and eighteen feet in diamet... More
Kreme Delight, Athens, Alabama - Drawing. Public domain image.
Founded in 1842, the city of Athens is located 15 miles from the Tennessee State line in Limestone County. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landeg... More
[Librarian's Room. Detail of mural and architectural ornamentation. Li...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Greenwood Cemetery is the original cemetery in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Reenactment of Civil War siege of April 1862, Bridgeport, Alabama
Located in Northeast Alabama on the Tennessee River, Bridgeport was a strategic town on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad during the American Civil War. More than one conflict was fought at and near Bridge... More
Mardi Gras, Mobile, Alabama - Drawing. Public domain image.
Date from other Mardi Gras images in same group. Mardi Gras began in Mobile, Alabama in 1703 when it was a colony of French soldiers. Colorful beads and Moon Pies (two large cookies with marshmellow in between ... More
Adams Morgan is a culturally diverse neighborhood in NW, Washington, D...
Centered at the intersection of 18th St. and Columbia Rd., Adams Morgan is considered the center of Washington's Hispanic immigrant community, and is a major night life area with many bars and restaurants, part... More
Dinosaur Park, Rapid City, South Dakota
Dinosaur Park is a tourist attraction in Rapid City, South Dakota, United States. Dedicated on May 22, 1936, it contains seven dinosaur sculptures on a hill overlooking the city, created to capitalize on the to... More
The 1984 painting "Matilda Lockhart Comes Home," by artist Lee Herring...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The museum showcases fifteen outdoor structures and West Texas artifacts that reach back to the late 19th century and the early 20th ... More
Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament of Our Lady of the Angels Monaste...
Just over an hour from Huntsville in Hanceville, Alabama near Cullman, you can witness a magnificent shrine with an unusual story. A cloistered community, where the nuns take vows of poverty, chastity, and obed... More
Scene from the "Battle of Flowers" parade, part of the monthlong Fiest...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First held in 1891 to honor the heroes of the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto, the parade, in which local women decorated carriag... More
A portion of a huge mural, depicting Texas history, inside the Hall of...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gigantic columns close to the north wall on which the mural appears make a photograph of the painting in toto impossible. The park, w... More
Historic buildings and antiques in Mooresville, Alabama
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The Conservatory of Flowers, San Francisco, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. A greenhouse and botanical garden with a collection of rare and exotic plants in Golden Gate Park. With construction completed in 1878, it remains the old... More
Unclaimed Baggage is a one-of-a-kind store located in the foothills of...
Founded in 1970 by Doyle and Sue Owens. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's Ameri... More
Statue in Fair Park in Dallas, Texas, dedicated to the builders of the...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
[Detail of Spanish Colonial History mural by Daniel Sayre Groesbeck at...
The Santa Barbara County Courthouse was designed by William Mooser, III, built in a Spanish Colonial Revival style, and completed in 1929. Title information from Santa Barbara Courthouse website, 2013. Title, d... More
The Moore/Webb/Holmes Plantation and out buildings (circa 1819), Folso...
Most of the buildings are original to the site. This is one of Alabama's last active plantations, which has been in the same family since the early 1800s. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the... More
Portion of the herb garden at Log Cabin Village, a living-history muse...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The garden is a partnership between Log Cabin Village and the Greater Fort Worth Herb Society. Staff of these organizations research a... More
Mardi Gras beads hang in a tree for weeks after Mardi Gras in Mobile, ...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Civil War bas relief on the Pension Building, 401 F St., NW, Washingto...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
Gee's Bend, Alabama - A woman and a child working on a quilt
Public domain photograph of quilt, needlework, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Montgomery Museum of Fine Art, Montgomery, Alabama
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Cubans dress up and pose for the tourist camera like these women on th...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... More
The Alabama River Pulp Company and the Claiborne Mill Complex, Claibor...
Since 1978, the Alabama River Pulp Company and the Claiborne Mill Complex have been producing southern softwood and hardwood kraft pulps for the paper producers service markets around the globe. Parsons & Whitt... More
Testing platform, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama
Known as a sportsman's paradise, Redstone Arsenal is located in the heart of the Tennessee Valley in northern Alabama. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Geor... More
Grave of Booker T. Washington located at Tuskegee University, Tuskegee...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Fishing in Monroe County, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Scene from the "Battle of Flowers" parade, part of the monthlong Fiest...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First held in 1891 to honor the heroes of the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto, the parade, in which local women decorated carriag... More
Rikard's Mill, near Beatrice, Alabama
Built by Jacob Rikard about 1840, it is a working grist mill. Run by the power of water from Flat Creek that runs under it, the mill has been grinding corn into meal and grits ever since. Credit line: The Georg... More
Mission San Carlos Borroméo del río Carmelo, Carmel Mission, Carmel, C...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. A Roman Catholic mission church in Carmel, California. It is on the National Register of Historic Places and a U.S. National Historic Landmark. Destroyed... More
Mardi Gras, Mobile, Alabama - Drawing. Public domain image.
Date from other Mardi Gras images in same group. Mardi Gras began in Mobile, Alabama in 1703 when it was a colony of French soldiers. Colorful beads and Moon Pies (two large cookies with marshmellow in between ... More
Reenactment of Civil War siege of April 1862, Bridgeport, Alabama
Located in Northeast Alabama on the Tennessee River, Bridgeport was a strategic town on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad during the American Civil War. More than one conflict was fought at and near Bridge... More
Row houses, Shepherd St. near Georgia Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.
Public domain photograph of home, residence, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Adventureland Theme Park Miniature Golf, Dothan, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Art adorns a beautiful dress at the Art Festival, Fairhope, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
15 Belgo Road, Lakeville, Connecticut
Architect: Alfredo De Vito. Built in 1985. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Connecticut Photographs in the Carol M. Highsm... More
The statue of Clio, muse of history, dominates the Clio, or lower, gar...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Over 50 years, philanthropist and art collector Ima Hogg amassed a collection of American paintings and decorative pieces throughout ... More
Stairway in hall, Sturdivant Hall, Selma, Alabama
Sturdivant Hall, also known as the Watts-Parkman-Gillman Home, is a historic Greek Revival mansion and house museum in Selma, Alabama. Completed in 1856, it was designed by Thomas Helm Lee for Colonel Edward T.... More
Portion of the herb garden at Log Cabin Village, a living-history muse...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The garden is a partnership between Log Cabin Village and the Greater Fort Worth Herb Society. Staff of these organizations research a... More
Girls have been summering and splashing at Camp Waldemar, near Hunt in...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
McMillan Reservoir, Washington, D.C.
The reservoir supplies the majority of the city's municipal water. Originally called the Howard University Reservoir or the Washington City Reservoir, it was completed in 1902 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer... More
Historic buildings in Cullman, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
The Hopkins County Courthouse in Sulphur Springs in northeast Texas
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Considered by many to rank among the most attractive of Texas's 254 current county courthouses, the Romanesque-style, granite-and-sand... More
The Moore/Webb/Holmes Plantation and out buildings (circa 1819), Folso...
Public domain photograph of a barn, farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rattlesnake Rodeo in Opp, Alabama
Eastern Diamondback rattlesnakes have been rattling since the dawn of time, but they have been a main attraction in Opp, Alabama, for the past 48 years. Mr. J.P. Jones was the mastermind behind this small-town,... More
Bob Feller, Ozzie Smith, Bruce Sutter, Reggie Jackson, Hank Aaron and ...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
HillBilly Mall, Tuskegee, Alabama
HillBilly Mall is built with recycled materials: trees from the last big April storm in Notasulga, a used rusty tin from an old demolished house leftover materials gathered from here and there mostly free! Titl... More
Captain Michael Dorie, who runs the 5 Rivers Delta Safaris can navigat...
Picryl description: Public domain image of fishing, fishing boat, river, lake, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Fletcher Chapel, now known as First Tabernacle or First Tabernacle Bet...
Constructed in 1854 by members of McKendree Methodist Church (the "mother church" of Fletcher Chapel), making it one of the oldest surviving houses of worship in Washington, D.C. Title, date, subject note, and... More
The U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama
Home to Space Camp, Aviation Challenge, and X-Camp, the U.S. Space & Rocket Center is recognized as one of the most comprehensive U.S. manned space flight hardware museums in the world. Title, date, subject not... More
The Hopkins County Courthouse in Sulphur Springs in northeast Texas
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Considered by many to rank among the most attractive of Texas's 254 current county courthouses, the Romanesque-style, granite-and-sand... More
Sixth Presbyterian Church, 5400 block of 16th St., NW, Washington, D.C...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
Mardi Gras, Mobile, Alabama - Drawing. Public domain image.
Date from other Mardi Gras images in same group. Mardi Gras began in Mobile, Alabama in 1703 when it was a colony of French soldiers. Colorful beads and Moon Pies (two large cookies with marshmellow in between ... More
Five of the approximately 75 Kilgore College Rangerettes, a choreograp...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Kilgore College Rangers perform not only at football and other sports events at the small college in East Texas, but also at Dalla... More
Rough wooden crosses and peeling hand-lettered signs bearing Bible scr...
If the late W.C. Rice's stark Cross Garden doesn't save you, there's no one to blame but yourself. His frightening jumble of white crosses cling to hills on either side of a curving county road next to a traile... More
Architect Stanley Bliss designed the brick Starr County Courthouse, wh...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Grave of Joseph Stillwell Cain, Jr., in the Church Street Cemetery, Mo...
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Public Market Center, Seattle, Washington
Pike Place Market is a public market overlooking the Elliott Bay waterfront in Seattle, Washington, United States. The Market opened August 17, 1907, and is one of the oldest continually operated public farmers... More
Row houses, East Capitol St., Washington, D.C.
East Capitol St. is a major street that divides the NE and SE quadrants of Washington, D.C. It runs due east from the U.S. Capitol to the DC-Maryland border. The western stretch of East Capitol St., which passe... More
Auditorium at the Perot Theatre, a landmark since 1924, when it opened...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Fully restored by the City of Texarkana, Texas in 1979-80. Native son H. Ross Perot, through the Perot Foundation, contributed much o... More
Gee's Bend, Alabama - A body of water with trees in the background
Picryl description: Public domain image of a river or lake, forest, trees, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Gee's Bend, Alabama - Drawing. Public domain image.
Gee's Bend, also known as Boykin, is a very poor tenant community in Alabama, lying at the edge of the Black Belt in Wilcox County, about thirty miles southwest of Selma. Gee's Bend is well known for it's quilt... More
Mardi Gras, Mobile, Alabama - Drawing. Public domain image.
Mardi Gras began in Mobile, Alabama in 1703 when it was a colony of French soldiers. Colorful beads and Moon Pies (two large cookies with marshmellow in between and covered with various flavors of chocolate) ar... More
"The Miracle Worker" play that is actually performed in the back yard ...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Scene from the "Battle of Flowers" parade, part of the monthlong Fiest...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First held in 1891 to honor the heroes of the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto, the parade, in which local women decorated carriag... More
[Librarian's Room. South wall lunette with Pandora opening box. Librar...
Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
The 1902-vintage Johnson Building in Santa Ynez, California
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Mardi Gras, Mobile, Alabama - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy
Date from other Mardi Gras images in same group. Mardi Gras began in Mobile, Alabama in 1703 when it was a colony of French soldiers. Colorful beads and Moon Pies (two large cookies with marshmellow in between ... More
Joshua Tree National Park is located in southeastern California
Declared a U.S. National Park in 1994 when the U.S. Congress passed the California Desert Protection Act, it had previously been a U.S. National Monument since 1936. It is named for the Joshua tree forests nati... More
LeDroit Park, a neighborhood in NW, Washington, D.C.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a victorian era building, victorian house, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Alabama born singer Eddie Levert at Alabama Country Music Hall of Fame...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Confederate flag made out of flowers at the Confederate Statue in Jasp...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Eastern Market is a public market in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of ...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of street life, food vendor, city market, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Youth football game at Cardozo Senior High School, 1200 Clifton St., N...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
Big Spring Park in Huntsville, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
The Rickwood Classic baseball game is played once a year at Rickwood B...
Built in 1910, the famous Black Barons of the Negro Leagues also called Rickwood home during their existence. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Lan... More
Mardi Gras, Mobile, Alabama - Drawing. Public domain image.
Date from other Mardi Gras images in same group. Mardi Gras began in Mobile, Alabama in 1703 when it was a colony of French soldiers. Colorful beads and Moon Pies (two large cookies with marshmellow in between ... More
Committee of the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) hand painted murals a...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... More
Jeannette Landphair sells her artwork at the historic Eastern Market i...
Housed in a 19th century brick building, the market is located on 7th St., SE, a few blocks east of the U.S. Capitol between North Carolina Ave. and C St. Badly damaged by an early-morning fire on April 30, 200... More
Photographer Carol M. Highsmith joins Sharon Tyson and visiting childr...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A canoe trip up the Mobile Delta, which consists of approximately 20,3...
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